"You are never really playing an opponent. You……" — Arthur Ashe
"You are never really playing an opponent. You are playing yourself... and when you reach your limits, that is real joy."
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64 Quotes by Arthur Ashe
Arthur Ashe has 64 quotes on this site.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
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Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.
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I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am…
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I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving…
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Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but…
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From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
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You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.
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I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people,…
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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
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More Joy Quotes
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
— Aristotle
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What we play is life.
— Louis Armstrong
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Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
— Neil Armstrong
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I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their…
— Margaret Atwood
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Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're…
— Margaret Atwood
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Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You…
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
— Saint Augustine
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To live happily is an inward power of the soul.
— Marcus Aurelius
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When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in…
— Teresa of Avila
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